Hali-eck floyd



(No Model.)

I-LPLOYD'. FEED GUTTER.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I-IALLnoK T Lorn, or DUBLIN, INDIANA, Assieivon 'ro THE DUBLIN AGRI-CULTURAL COMPANY, on sAMn rLAon.

-Y 'FEED-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentrNo. 288,170, dated ovember6, 1883.

Application filed April 23, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HALLnoK FLonD, a citizen ofthe United States, and aresident of Dub- 1in, in the county of VVa-yne and State of In- 5 diana,have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Cutters 5 andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which Io it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofv thisspecification, and in which- V Figure l` is a perspective view of myimproved feed-cutter. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal vertical section through the front part of the machine.Fig. et is a vertical cross-section through the same part.v Fig. 5 isaperspective detail view 2o ofthe hinged end ofthe knife-lever with itsbearing and adjusting screw, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the same.

Simiiar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

` My invention has relation to feed or straw cutters; and it consists inthe improvements in the detailed construction of the same which will behereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

' vo In the accompanying drawings, A is the cutter-box, which is made ofwood or metal, in 1 the shape of a trough, semicircular in crosssection,but increasing in width toward its rear end. The front part of this boxor trough A is bolted or riveted to a semicircular casting, B, the underside of which has castsockets C, for the attachment of the front legs,D. The part B is also castwith a laterallyextending arm, E, having athreaded hole to receive 4o the bolt K, which forms a bearing for the1e- 'ver or handle ofthe knife, to be hereinafter described 5 and itfurther has projecting ears F, which are bored through for the insertionof bolts or rivets G', by means of which the hood or top part, H, ispermanently fastened to the `lower part or trough-support, B.

The hood H is cast with a projection, 71.,

'which forms a guidebearing for the knife in operating the machine. Thisknife (shown at I) is xed upon the lever J, and has a con- 5o cavecutting-edge, Lever J is pivoted upon a bolt, K, the threaded inner endof which is nutted to arm E by the adjustable nut L. By screwing thethreaded bolt K into the threaded hole of the laterally-extending arm E,it will be seen that the pivoted end of lever J may be brought nearer to0r farther from the face of arm E, as may be desired, and fastened bytightening the adjustable nut L.

A recess, M, is made inthe pivoted end or 6o head j of lever J, for theinsertion of a setscrew, N, which bears with its inner end against Y thefront side of arm E, as shown more clearly in Fig. 6 of the drawings. Byadjusting this screw, which, it will be seen, is set alittle above theaxis of bolt K, lever J may be so ad justed that the concavecutting-edge of the knife will bear closely against the mouth of thehood and cutter-box, and thus make a clear shear cut across the grain orfeed placed in the 7oV boX.

The advantages of my improved feed-cutter are, among othersfthefollowing: The semicircular trough A holds the feed in such a positionfor cutting that the knife has a direct .75 bearing at any angie, andtherefore the grain does not have to readjust itself 'to the knife, asin the case of the Vshaped or squareshaped boxes. Again, the concavecutting-edge of the knife, in conjunction with the peculiar 8o ogeeshapeof the month, permits of a longer cut with a shorter stroke or sweep ofthe handle than where a V-shaped Vor square boxl is used. By adjustingthe inclination of the knife as against the 'cutter-box by means of the8 5 set-screw N, I can at all times provide for a clear shear cut, andat the same time the construction of the whole machine is so simple,consisting, as it docs, of a few parts easily put together, that it canbe manufactured and sold 9o at a comparatively small cost.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United Statesl. The combination, in a feed-cutter,of the v9 5 semicircular trough A, semicircular casting B, provided withprojections F, aud having the arm E, and hood H, having projections h,

fastened to the part B Joy bolts or rivets G, combined substantially inthe manner and for substantially as and for the purpose shown thepurpose shown and set forth. p andset forth. l Intestimony that I claimthe foregoing as my 2. The combination, in a feed-cutter, of the own Ihave hereunto afxed my signature in 5 casting B, having sockets C, armE, and ears presence of two Witnesses. F, hood H, having ears h', andtop projection, Y

h, connecting bolts or rivets G, lever J,- hav- HALLECK FLOYD' ing knife1,' provided-With a 'concave eutting- VVit-nesses: edge, z', andrecessed at M, bolt K, having'nut A. G. COMPTON, y,

1o L, and set-screwv N, the whole constructed and J. N. GILBERT.

